¹ Nogen Tid efter kom HE ENS Ord til Abram i et Syn således: "Frygt ikke, Abram, jeg er dit Skjold; din Løn skal blive såre stor!"

² Men Abram svarede: "Herre", HE E, hvad kan du give mig, når jeg dog går barnløs bort, og en Mand fra Damaskus, Eliezer, skal arve mit Hus."

³ Og Abram sagde: "Du har jo intet Afkom givet mig, og se, min Hustræl kommer til at arve mig!"

⁴ Og se, HE ENs Ord kom til ham således: "Han kommer ikke til at arve dig, men den, der udgår af dit Liv, han skal arve dig."

⁵ Derpå førte han ham ud i det fri og sagde: "Se op mod Himmelen og prøv, om du kan tælle Stjernerne!" Og han sagde til ham: "Således skal dit Afkom blive!"

⁶ Da troede Abram HE EN, og han regnede ham det til etfærdighed.

⁷ Derpå sagde han til ham: "Jeg er HE EN, som førte dig bort fra Ur Kasdim for at give dig dette Land i Eje!"

⁸ Men han svarede: "Herre, HE E, hvorpå kan jeg kende, at jeg skal få det i Eje?"

⁹ Da sagde han til ham: "Tag mig en treårs Kvie, en treårs Ged og en treårs Væder, en Turteldue og en Småfugl!"

¹⁰ Så tog han alle disse Dyr skar dem midt over og lagde Halvdelene over for hinanden; dog skar han ikke Fuglene over.

¹¹ Da slog der ovfugle ned på de døde Kroppe, men Abram skræmmede dem bort.

¹² Da Solen så var ved at gå ned, faldt der Dvale over Abram, og se, ædsel faldt over ham, et stort Mørke.

¹³ Og han sagde til Abram: "Vide skal du, at dit Afkom skal bo som fremmede i et Land, der ikke er deres eget; de skal trælle for dem og mishandles af dem i 400 År.

¹⁴ Dog vil jeg også dømme det Folk, de kommer til at trælle for, og siden skal de vandre ud med meget Gods.

¹⁵ Men du skal fare til dine Fædre i Fred og blive jordet i en god Alderdom.

¹⁶ I fjerde Slægtled skal de vende tilbage hertil; thi endnu er Amoriternes Syndeskyld ikke fuldmoden."

¹⁷ Da Solen var gået ned og Mørket faldet på, viste der sig en rygende Ovn med en flammende Ildslue, der skred frem mellem de sønderskårne Kroppe.

¹⁸ På den Dag sluttede HE EN Pagt med Abram, idet han sagde: "Dit Afkom giver jeg dette Land fra Ægyptens Bæk til den store Flod, Eufratfloden,

¹⁹ det er Keniterne, Henizziterne, Kadmoniterne,

²⁰ Hetiterne, Perizziterne, efaiterne,

²¹ Amoriterne, Kana'anæerne, Girgasjiterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne."

³ As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

⁴ "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are all about to be fulfilled?"

⁵ Jesus, answering, began to tell them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.

⁶ For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and will lead many astray.

⁷ "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don't be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.

⁸ For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

⁹ But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

¹⁰ The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

¹¹ When they lead you away and deliver you up, don't be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.

¹² "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

¹³ You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

¹⁴ But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains,

¹⁵ and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

¹⁶ Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

¹⁷ But woe to those who are with child and to those who nurse babies in those days!

¹⁸ Pray that your flight won't be in the winter.

¹⁹ For in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.

²⁰ Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.

²¹ Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.

²² For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.

²³ But you watch. "Behold, I have told you all things beforehand.

²⁴ But in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,

²⁵ the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

²⁶ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

²⁷ Then he will send out his angels, and will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the sky.

²⁸ "Now from the fig tree, learn this parable. When the branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near;

²⁹ even so you also, when you see these things coming to pass, know that it is near, at the doors.

³⁰ Most certainly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things happen.

³¹ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

³² But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

³³ Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.

³⁴ "It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

³⁵ Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;

³⁶ lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.

³⁷ What I tell you, I tell all: Watch."